SOUSA, E. J. F.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9065159629547776; SOUSA, Emerson José Ferreira de.
Abstract:
Brazilian "popular" religiosity constantly presents us with questions to be
investigated and problematized, which is perceptible through the studies of Hoornaert (1991),
Souza (2009) and Andrade (2010). This paper aims to analyze the religious (re)
practiced through the "robbery of the saint", a sacred tradition that is part of the cult of Saint Joseph in the
in the city of Pombal-PB, in the period between the 1950s and 1980s.
research offers new contributions to the analysis of religious phenomena in Brazil. By means of
the short and timid speeches of rural dwellers, we enter into the perceptions of the
faithful in relation to his daily life and his devotion to the patron saint of the
rain. We could see how the religious practice around this saint is linked to
sensibility and vision of the world of the Pombalan sertanejo, producing (re) diverse meanings
to the sacred. We also argue that the relationships that the tradition of the robbery of St. Joseph
establishes with the daily life produces diverse representations and a religiosity
characteristically local.